This is a crazy question, but does anyone know how tall Billy Cobham is? Just curious because I often see him playing drums with 22" kicks and enormous toms (9" to 14" depths) positioned relatively flat, not angled. This would make sense for a really tall player, but Cobham looks kind of short in videos.

Saw his band recently at the Regattabar, and he does come to stage front to talk to the audience a few times. Based on that, I would say he's pretty average height. Didn't strike me as particularly short or tall.

This is a crazy question, but does anyone know how tall Billy Cobham is? Just curious because I often see him playing drums with 22" kicks and enormous toms (9" to 14" depths) positioned relatively flat, not angled. This would make sense for a really tall player, but Cobham looks kind of short in videos.

If you have seen him play you must have noticed his throne height make it seem he's almost standing up. (OK, not really, but that compensates for his height).